Conditional, present

Present conditional

The present conditional is extremely regular in its formation; for all verbs, it is made simply by adding the imperfect endings (-ais, -ais, -ait,-ions, -iez, -aient) to the conditional stem (which is the same as the future stem). For most verbs the stem consists of the infinitive, less any final "e."

Many verbs, however, have irregular conditional (and thus also future) stems. In particular, verbs ending like mener and lever take an accent: je mènerais; verbs like appeler and jeter double their penultimate consonant: elle appellerait; and verbs like employer or payer substitute an "i" for their "y": tu paierais. Other common stems are: